Do you usually watch shows/movies with subtitles?

Board 8

Board 8 » Do you usually watch shows/movies with subtitles?
LiquidOshawott
04/30/2020
08:58 PM
#1
How often do you use subtitles?





Vote
Been using subtitles all of the time since my wife is ESL and most films are English

It used to be rarely but now its pretty much always, even for shows shes not watching. Just got used to it and helps me pay attention to the dialogue more.
I live on, THROUGH THIS SEASHELL!
VI
#2
Post #2 was unavailable or deleted.
KingButz
04/30/2020
09:00 PM
#3
If there are subtitles i tend to focus on those instead of whatever else is happening on the screen
rip imgcake
KokoroAkechi
04/30/2020
09:02 PM
#4
If its in English then no.
Menji
04/30/2020
09:03 PM
#5
Yes, always.
Menji+ https://imgur.com/F5UEyUw | https://imgur.com/pPZsSZU
Congrats to Advokaiser! [ https://myanimelist.net/profile/Menjii ]
Great_Paul
04/30/2020
09:05 PM
#6
Only if it's non-english material.
Bear Bro
tyder21
04/30/2020
09:11 PM
#7
I used to throw them on for particularly dense movies, but I've started keeping them on for everything lately.
http://letterboxd.com/tyder21/
Advokaiser Was Here
TomNook
04/30/2020
09:15 PM
#8
It's necessary for live-action non-English, so of course for that.

But for anything else, it throws off the timing of the scenes, both for dramatic moments and comedic moments, by being able to see the information before the delivery. It muddles the director's intent a bit in key sequences, so I try to avoid it when possible.
Bells, bells, bells!
MysticBrohan
04/30/2020
09:18 PM
#9
when im crunchin
Esto es el fin, Grande Padre
LiquidOshawott
05/01/2020
10:43 AM
#10
Up
I live on, THROUGH THIS SEASHELL!
VI
CassandraCain
05/01/2020
10:48 AM
#11
KingButz posted...
If there are subtitles i tend to focus on those instead of whatever else is happening on the screen

This. At that point I might as well just read a book.

I'm also so averse to spoilers that it aggravates me when I can read ahead and see what a character will say before they say it. Ruins delivery and punchlines a lot.
I don't kill... but I don't lose either.
TotallyNotMI
05/01/2020
10:52 AM
#12
Always. I have a hard time catching everything people are saying and it just makes everything more enjoyable for me.
I'm not sure who this MI guy is but he sounds sexy.
5tarscream
05/01/2020
11:21 AM
#13
LiquidOshawott posted...
Been using subtitles all of the time since my wife is ESL and most films are English

It used to be rarely but now its pretty much always, even for shows shes not watching. Just got used to it and helps me pay attention to the dialogue more.

This almost exactly

Playing: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered
Reading: Memoirs of a Geisha (12)
Uglyface2
05/01/2020
11:27 AM
#14
Im a little bit hard of hearing. I use subtitles on most movies and tv shows on DVD and streaming stuff. Also with video games.
Underleveled
05/01/2020
12:27 PM
#15
For non-English stuff, and maybe I'll turn them on for a second if I can't for the life of me figure the hell out what someone just said.
darkx
Great_Paul
05/01/2020
12:48 PM
#16
CassandraCain posted...
I'm also so averse to spoilers that it aggravates me when I can read ahead and see what a character will say before they say it. Ruins delivery and punchlines a lot.

Yep, this has happened to me more than once. I always try to keep them off.
Bear Bro
pepper2012
05/01/2020
12:53 PM
#17
No I have ears
HeroDelTiempo17
05/01/2020
01:01 PM
#18
Yes usually, it actually helps me focus more on what's happening. The opposite of distracting
DPOblivion was far more determined than me.
mnkboy907
05/01/2020
01:08 PM
#19
The only time in recent memory I can remember putting on subtitles was Season 2 of Luke Cage. We had so much trouble with Bushmaster's super thick Jamaican accent/dialect.
Change is weird.
MariaTaylor
05/01/2020
01:22 PM
#20
almost always if possible.

it makes it easier to watch things with bad audio balancing, makes it easier to follow the dialogue without potentially missing anything or statements being unclear, I can turn the volume down really low if needed. oh yeah, and accents. helps a lot with bad accents.
all the rest weren't so unfortunate
https://imgur.com/yv2eC4n
Safer_777
05/01/2020
01:32 PM
#21
Yeah because English is not my first language.
So why we exist? What happens when we stop existing?
Nice job Hylian Knight 3, you were better than me in the Guru Contest!
iiicon
05/01/2020
01:38 PM
#22
Movies yes, TV shows no

I got into the habit in my teens because I listened to a bunch of audio commentaries and I still wanted to follow along with the dialogue. It's been my default ever since
ICON:
Kiwami means extreme.
Punnyz
05/01/2020
02:16 PM
#23
normally no but I accidentally put subtitles on while watching the simpsons and I'm legit catching jokes better or stuff I didn't hear
https://imgur.com/qBpLe47
https://imgur.com/25MHSn1
Xiahou Shake
05/01/2020
02:49 PM
#24
No except for non-English stuff, obviously.

For the folks who say they have trouble hearing - I used to be in the exact same situation. A decent audio set up and/or a clear voice setting works absolute wonders. Movies especially (but plenty of TV too) is mixed with the expectation of being listened to at movie theater levels of volume, and vocal audio gets totally crushed when you listen at anything lower. It's exacerbated by lower quality sound solutions (built-in TV speakers being the absolute worst) that can't replicate the sound correctly to begin with. Clear voice settings (available on most modern TVs and sound systems) help enormously with that issue.
Let the voice of love take you higher,
With this gathering power, go beyond even time!
Aecioo
05/01/2020
03:09 PM
#25
I never did, but the past two girls I dated have subtitles on 24/7. Went from hating it to being fine with it. I now immediately put subtitles on every game I play, and don't mind it for tv or film.

Except comedies - I do find myself catching some jokes I might not have gotten before, but sometimes it ruins the joke because I've read it before the actors sell it with their delivery.
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcb35gGx0t1qailr4o1_500.gif
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=57N0YAEJ
Board 8 » Do you usually watch shows/movies with subtitles?